Shaving-brush.



c. E. THOMPSON- SHAVING BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 21. 1915.

1,199,837, Parte nt-ed Oct. 3,1916! I 1&2 I

WM. 6A 6MJW 1111i tnesses Inventor Aug.

' UNITED sir-Arias PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES E. THOMPSON, OF TROY, YORK, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO FRANCIS H.WAGER, OF TROY, NEW YORK.

SHAVING-IBRUSH'.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES E. THOMP- SON, acitizen of the United States of America, residing at the city of Troy,1n the county of Rensselaer andyState of New York, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Shaving-Brushes, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to shaving brushes, and the object of my inventionis to provide a flexible cup adapted tobe attached to the ferrule of abrush and catch the water or lather, which cup is so formed andconstructed that it may be readily discharged of the lather or water andeasily and effectively cleaned, and then placed in proper position forcatching the drippings of the rule and because of the bead and thetaperbrush; together with such elements and com binations as arehereinafter 'more particularly set forth and claimed. I accomplish theseobjects by means of the mechanism illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, in which:

Figure 1 is an elevation of a shaving brush showing my cup attachedthereto in cross section. Fig. 2 is a plan of mycup attachment. Fig. 3is a cross section along the lines, X'X, on Fig. 2.

Similar letters refer to similar throughout the several views.

The brush, A, is provided with a tapering ferrule, 13, having at itssmaller end a bead, L, and with a handle, C, and bristle mate rial, D.

My invention consists of the annular, flexible drip cup, E, madepreferably of parts .rubber and comprising an outer wall, H,

and inner wall, F, of approximately the same depth, the inner walltapering from the bottom of the cup upward, the diameters of thetapering inner wall being less than the corresponding diameters of theSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 3, 1916.

Application filed January 27, 1915. Serial No. 4,638.

brush ferrule, thesmall end of the tapering lnner -Wall resting againstthe bead, L, at the small end of the ferrule. In order to effectivelyclean the interior, J, of the cup it. is simply necessary to thrust theouter wall, H, toward the end of the handle, C, causing it to assume theposition shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, in which position the contentsthereof may be discharged and all parts of the drip cup can be readilycleaned. The outer wall, H, may then be forced back into the positionshown by full lines in Fig. 1, when it will be in condition to act as areceptaclefor the lather or water that may drip into it from thebristles of the brush. The material forming the cup is such that it willcling tightly to the fer-' ing form of the ferrule, it will be retainedpositively in position on the ferrule and in use will not slip or bedislodged from its operative position.

Vhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A drip cup for shaving brushes formed of relatively thin elasticmaterial comprising an outwardly flaring outer wall and a relativelylong inner sleeve flexibly connected together, at their lower ends,whereby the outer wall may be turned back to expose its inner surface,said inner sleeve adapted to he. slipped over the ferrule of the brushand having an area of clinging contact therewith suflicient to hold thecup in place while the outer wall is being manipulated.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

CHARLES 1*). THOMPSON.

\Vitnesses Y FREDERICK \V. (Lnrnnox, BnULAir CABLE.

